PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Junior Nejc Zupan (Kanmik, Slovenia) picked up two more wins in the 400 IM
and the 100 breaststroke, earning NCAA B times in both events, to lead the
Dartmouth swimming and diving programs ins second day action at the Brown
Invitational.

Zupan, who won the 400 IM at the 2012 Ivy
League Championship, claimed the event with a time of 3:50.49 and took the 100
breaststroke with a time of 54.42. Zupan's time in the 100 breaststroke is a
new school record. With today's two wins, Zupan has claimed three event titles
at the Brown Invitational.

The Big Green put together another solid day
of action in the pool. Rebecca Butler(Orange,
N.J.) led the women's squad with a sixth-place finish in the 400 IM while
teammate
Emily Holt (Louisville, Ky.) won the B
Final in the 100 butterfly with a time of 55.36 and was joined in the event by
teammates Kendall Farnham (Severna
Park, Md.), Danielle Kerr
(Gainesville, Fla.) and Valerie Orellana
(Arleta, Calif.).

On the men's side Will Derdeyn (St. Louis, Mo.) and Andrew North (Omaha, Neb.) also swam in the final of the 100
butterfly. Derdeyn took fourth with a time of 49.17, while North placed fifth
(49.45).

In the 200 freestyle events freshmen Olivia Samson (Clifton Park, N.Y.) and Charlotte Kamai (Corte Madera, Calif.)
led the women. Samson took runner-up honors in the B Final with a time of
1:51.49, while Kamai was right on her heels in third place with a time of
1:52.07. For the men, Jay Margherio (New Caanan, Conn.) won the B Final with a time of
1:40.28 and Ian Woon (Highlands
Ranch, Colo.) was third in the C Final with a time of 1:41.98).

Dartmouth had an excellent showing in the
backstroke events for both squads. Holt and classmate Kendese Nangle (Kingston, Jamaica) led the women, both swimming in
the A Final. Holt placed fourth with a time of 56.46 while Nangle was eighth
with a time of 57.02. James Verhagen
(Randberg, South Africa) led all Big Green swimmers earning runner-up honors
with a time of 48.76.

In the relays, the women's quartet of Samson,
Kamai, Laura Hayes (Reno, Nev.) and
Kerr placed third in the 800 free relay with a time of 7:29.54 while the men's
team placed fifth (6:44.75) and sixth (6:46.00). The men's team took runner-up honors in the 200
medley relay with a time of 1:29.38.

At the end of two days of competition, the
Dartmouth women are in fourth place with a score of 396, trailing Ivy League
foes, Princeton, Yale and Brown and the men are sitting in second place with a
score of 548 behind Princeton.